What is aflatoxin?
Aflatoxin is a sort of poison produced by the mould Aspergillus flavus which leads to severe health effects on humans and animals alike. Aspergillus flavus is the most common specie in Africa and Asia, highly toxic group of mycotoxins.
Aflatoxin accumulating fungi can infect groundnut during the production season as well as during […]
The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday operationalised much awaited regulations covering health supplements, nutraceuticals, food for special dietary use and special medical purpose, functional foods and novel foods.
In the Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and […]
Food regulator FSSAI is collecting samples of milk and honey sold in the market to check quality of these two food items after it received consumer complaints, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said today.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set up an expert panel to review the existing standards to […]
A team from the University of Bonn in Germany has found that compounds known as steviol glycosides are unchanged during different stages of production. The report helps to confirm that the sweetener or sugar substitute known as stevia can be considered as a natural sweetener. Scientists analysed three different batches of stevia throughout the […]
What is Dioxin?
Dioxins are a group of chemically-related compounds that are persistent environmental pollutants (POPs).
Dioxins are found throughout the world in the environment and they accumulate in the food chain, mainly in the fatty tissue of animals.
More than 90% of human exposure is through food, mainly meat and dairy products, fish […]
Health supplements cannot be sold as ‘medicines’ any more, with food safety watchdog as FSSAIÂ announced new standards for manufacturers of these products to check mis-labelling.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has operationalised with immediate effect new standards for eight categories of products, including health supplements and nutraceuticals.
FSSAI will now start granting […]
What are the health risks associated with pesticide residues in food?
Pesticides are chemicals used in agriculture to protect crops against insects, fungi, weeds and other pests. In addition to their use in agriculture, pesticides are also used to protect public health in controlling the vectors of tropical diseases, such as mosquitoes.
But pesticides are also […]
Food Contact Materials migration testing involves overall and specific migration testing on food packaging, kitchen utensils & food processing machinery
Food packaging is primarily intended to protect the food contained in the packaging from temperature and atmospheric changes, oxygen, dust and moisture, as well as increase its shelf life, or the maximum length of time […]
Mumbai, Nov 16 (PTI) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) today said it is in the process of setting up a food safety standards review panel to identify gaps in the existing standards for safe and nutritious food against international standards.
“FSSAI has formulated a three-pronged strategy for ensuring safe and nutritious […]
For centuries, ingredients have served useful functions in a variety of foods. Our ancestors used salt to preserve meats and fish, added herbs and spices to improve the flavor of foods, preserved fruit with sugar, and pickled cucumbers in a vinegar solution. Today, consumers demand and enjoy a food supply that is flavorful, nutritious, […]